Catholic URV

[hix]

The Catholic URV has been challenging for me, trying it with the Romans. Thoughts?

>Be the Pope for 100 turns
Found catholicism and get one other civ to convert, ez.

>Control St. Peter's and settle 12 great prophets.
The challenge here is to avoid diluting your GP pool. running monasticism once core building built and micromanaging specialists is key. build GP boost buildings in the holy city. Maybe i just forget to deal with specialists, but this is the hardest part for me.

>Catholics control 50% of territory
Three essentials here:
1. Vassalize and convert Russia before Reformation. Usually around 1250, if you can take 3 cities before they expand into Siberia they will capitulate. Wait too long, and they will collapse before surrender.
2. Found Protestantism, don't convert, don't build shrine. Do this, and you'll usually get just one or two civs convert, which you can solve via war or missionaries.
3. Convert USA and Canada. If you found their capital and spread catholicism in it before their spawn they'll convert.

 

[BaneFire]

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[TsimTsigal]

Since it is necroposted: have anyone tried Orthodox URV as Rome, building 4 Cathedrals on same turn and thus winning before Catholicism even forms? The main problem i run into is 5 most cultured cities requirement, Asian holy cities in China and India seem to be very hard to overpeform.

 

[Dracosolon]

Since it is necroposted: have anyone tried Orthodox URV as Rome, building 4 Cathedrals on same turn and thus winning before Catholicism even forms? The main problem i run into is 5 most cultured cities requirement, Asian holy cities in China and India seem to be very hard to overpeform.

I did it by 610 CE on Regent (you have until Spain spawns, so 720 CE), seemed like one of the easier URV. I'm not sure why you wouldn't build the cathedrals as early as possible though, they're great boosters. You run artists in your 2-3 best wonder cities and use the great artists generated on your other cities. It's rare for an AI-controlled city to have more than the result of even one culture bomb.

 

[TsimTsigal]

I tried to finish it before 320 (Byzantine spawn, i tried only once and wasn't sure if i could prevent the spawn - turns out, i coudln't). Finished all cathedrals, but a Chinese city (either Luoyang or Xian) and Babylon with early wonders still were ahead.

The reason why i avoided building Cathedrals - not wanted to risk Catholicism being found and replacing Orthodoxy in cities.